Subject: Trans-Ameritech presents "The best Linux plus FreeBSD CDROM ever"
From: [email-masked] (Roman Yanovsky [email-masked])
Date: 1 Feb 1994 11:35:09 +0200
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce

Trans-Ameritech presents "The best Linux plus FreeBSD CDROM ever"

		Available NOW for same day shipping!

Great news for the Linux community! SLACKWARE - the critically acclaimed best 
Linux distribution - is now available on a CDROM from a company known for
fastest delivery and best customer service. The new release is a result of a 
combined effort by Patrick Volkerding (creator of the Slackware distribution)
and Trans-Ameritech and is based on Slackware 1.1.1 with kernel p14.
In addition to the binary and compressed source distributions, the CDROM 
contains an uncompressed file-system that can be directly mounted and used.
This file-system has many man-pages, info files, games, applications etc.

This release combines the best features of all existing CDROM releases of the
Linux operating system:

* The installation is highly automated by the Slackware scripts fine tuned to
  this CDROM but leaves a lot of room for customization. This is the 
  "official" Slackware CDROM.
  The great advantage of Slackware is the ease of installing/deleting 
  individual packages and sets. Install only what you really need!

* In addition to standard device drivers in Linux kernel, support is provided
  for Sony and Matsushita (Sound Blaster) cdrom drives. Also BIOSless aha1522
  SCSI is supported (it covers Sound Blaster 16 SCSI too) and PAS16 SCSI.
  Virtually all known hardware is supported.

* To minimize the possibility of hardware conflicts many extra kernels are 
  provided for different configurations. They are usable for installation and
  normal use.

* A lot of applications are included:
  -  GNU GCC 2.5.2,  groff, ispell (GNU and international versions) 
  -  term, joe, jove, ghostscript, sc (spreadsheet)
  -  TCP/IP, UUCP, mailx, dip, deliver, elm, pine, smail, cnews, nn, tin, trn
  -  GNU Smalltalk 1.1.1, and the Smalltalk Interface to X. (STIX)
  -  X applications:
	X11 ghostscript, libgr13, seyon, workman, xfilemanager
	xv 3.00, GNU chess and xboard, xfm 1.2, ghostview,  X games
  -  Interviews libraries, include files, and the doc and idraw apps, 
  -  TeX, groff
  -  Ingress and Postgress databases.
  -  Multimidia: mpeg video and sound applications.
  -  Andrew. 
  -  FlexFAX and a lot more.

  Kanji extensions are included for the first time on a CDROM and several 
  Cyrillic fonts are provided. 

* To help the first time Linux users many documentation files are provided that
  are readible from DOS even before installing Linux.

* All the sources are available on the CDROM. The most often needed sources
  are uncompressed and can be used directly from CDROM.

* An uncompressed Linux filesystem is available for reference and disk space
  conservation. You can run programs directly from CDROM! There is a large
  "info" directory for on-line reference and many manpages.

* For hacker's reference an uncompressed FreeBSD source tree is provided.

* On the BSD side there is a full source and binary distribution of the
  "final" FreeBSD 1.0

* If you have questions or problems Trans-Ameritech provides free support
  via e-mail within 24 hours.

* We ship the same day as we get the order.

The new CDROM is available for $30 plus shipping/handling. If you are a current
customer, it is only $20.
New releases will be available every 3 month. Subscription is available.

Why buy software that is available for free from an ftp site? The answer is - 
it's cheaper this way and much more convenient. The binary distribution alone 
is about 60 Meg. Source distribution is about 90 Meg COMPRESSED!. Do you 
really want to put it on floppies? Even hard disk space is still about 
$1 per meg, so you save not only time, but money too.

And finaly a very special deal while they last:
buy the new release and get volume1 for just $9. It is not only an archive
of several previous versions of Linux and 386BSD software, but also a disk
with many megobytes of PICTURES, SOUNDS, electronic BOOKS and useful free
and shareware DOS and Windows programs.

You can order by phone (408) 727-3883 or by FAX (408) 727-3882.
Or by sending e-mail to: [email-masked]

Our address is:
Trans-Ameritech Enterprises, Inc.
2342A Walsh Avenue
Santa Clara, CA 95051

Shipping and handeling for overseas (as in UK and Germany) is $8.
In US is $5.
Pay by cheque or credit card.
COD in continental US is $4.50 extra if you want it.

California residents, please include tax.

PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

We plan to make a new release every 3 month. 
Annual subscription (4 releases) is available for $80.

We are accepting all major credit card - VISA, MasterCard and AmEx. Please 
send us, FAX or e-mail your credit card number AND Expiration Date 
along with your mailing address.

-Albert, Alex and Roman at Trans-Ameritech

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